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The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating 13 deaths that may be linked to consumption of an energy drink called 5-hour Energy, an FDA spokeswoman said Thursday.

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"FDA is continuing
to investigate reports of illness, injury or death of people who took products
marketed under the label 5-Hour Energy," Shelly Burgess told AFP in an
email.

There have been a total
of 92 patient reports, including 33 hospitalisations and 13 deaths, she said.

She emphasised, however,
that "the existence of an adverse event report does not necessarily mean
that the product identified in the report actually caused the adverse
event."

The FDA warns that
energy drinks - rich in stimulants like caffeine -cannot substitute for rest or
sleep and advises people to consult a doctor before consuming them, to ensure
the product will not aggravate any undiagnosed medical problem.

This is the second
investigation the FDA has launched in the past two months into potentially
harmful effects from energy drinks.

In late October, the
agency announced it was investigating five deaths and a non-fatal heart attack
for possible links to consumption of Monster Energy drinks.

Monster Beverage is also
being sued in California
by the family of Anais Fournier, a teenager who died of an arrhythmia in
December 2011, allegedly after drinking two cans of Monster Energy over a 24-hour
period.

Her parents accused the
company of not warning consumers of the potential dangers of its product.

Two Democratic senators,
Dick Durbin from Illinois and Richard
Blumenthal from Connecticut,
have demanded a meeting with FDA director Margaret Hamburg "to discuss the
steps the agency is taking to ensure the safety of these products,"
according to a release.

Living Essentials, the
maker of 5-hour Energy, said it was taking the reports of deaths very
seriously, while insisting it has not yet been proven any deaths were actually
caused by consuming 5-Hour Energy.